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Insurance Jobs Made for Introverts
Career counseling website Land Your Life offers introverted job seekers 42 career suggestions catering to the quieter half of the population. There's accountant, private chef, writer, court ...
Create a Feedback Culture to Improve Employee Engagement, Retention
Employees who feel unmotivated and disengaged are more likely to seek opportunities elsewhere. To combat this tendency, create a "feedback culture" to show employees that you care about their ...
Focus on Managing Human Capital
Most executives spend their time managing balance sheets when they should really be focusing on their human capital—the time, talent and energy of their workforce, says a recent Harvard Business ...
Attract Employees by Offering Flexibility, Philanthropy: Survey
Beyond competitive compensation, companies looking to attract and retain employees also need to offer flexibility, development opportunities and a strong philanthropic mission, says a new survey of ...
Leadership Advice: When to Get Outta the Way
Leadership is a funny thing. It works in some instances and does not work in others. Responses from followers surprise well-intentioned leaders. Actions that are supposed to work, according to the ...
Why Insurers Should Look for Emotional Intelligence in Hiring and How to Spot It
According to the World Economic Forum's 2016 Future of Jobs Report, emotional intelligence will be one of the top 10 job skills in 2020. The sought-after skill is actually a collection of personal ...
How Temporary Employees Are Changing the Modern Insurance Workforce
The insurance industry's talent landscape is experiencing a rapid evolution. The industry workplace of recent years is being quickly replaced by a new "blended" reality. The modern workforce is now ...
Forget Millennials—Think Talent Innovation
By 2018, we can expect 25 percent of the current insurance workforce to retire, creating 400,000 open positions for which there are no ready replacements. That is the first takeaway of the 2016 ...